brutum fulmen

brutum fulmen (broo-t[schwa]m f[schwa]l-men or -m[schwa]n). [Latin “inert thunder”]

1. An empty noise; an empty threat; something ineffectual.

2. A judgment void on its face; one that is, in legal effect, no judgment at all. [Cases: Judgment 27, 485, 486. C.J.S. Judgments §§ 499, 512, 546, 549.]

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